Crowds lure elite runner Ryf back for 14th Cellcom half marathon

10:17 PM,
May 17, 2014

Jason Ryf of Oshkosh wins the American Cancer Society's Sole Burner walk/run May 10 in Appleton.

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The Cellcom Green Bay Marathon will celebrate its 15th year Saturday, having more than doubled in size since its inaugural race in 2000.

Jason Ryf has been there for all but one as an elite runner in the half marathon. The only one the Oshkosh resident missed was in the early 2000s, when he was injured in a car accident and woke up in a hospital with a doctor telling him his running days might be over.